Three polar bears at the Buffalo Zoo whose deaths raised concerns in a federal inspections report died because of illness, not substandard conditions, Zoo President Donna M. Fernandes said Friday.

The zoo made the decision to euthanize her. Malena joined Brookfield Zoo Chicago in 2020. In 2021 she became the first Amur tiger in North America to undergo a total hip replacement. The zoo said ...

BROOKFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Two young polar bears on loan from Brookfield Zoo as part of a breeding program arrived safely Wednesday at their new home in Memphis, Tenn. Male Payton, 2, and female ...

Because polar bears live in the freezing regions of the Arctic, far from most humans, they don’t often run into dogs. However, in Churchill, Manitoba, things are quite different.

On Friday evening, after stormy weather forced the Class AAA regional contest to be moved to Mylan Park-Shilling Field due to field conditions, the Polar Bears capped off their second win over ...

Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Brookfield Zoo Chicago's 44th annual "Whirl" gala, held April 26 at the Hilton Chicago, raised a record-breaking $2 million to support its ...

The bear came to Point Defiance as a cub with her sister and habitat-mate, Astra, from the Detroit Zoo two years ago. Twins are common in polar bears, and in the wild, typically only one will ...

While some on Tik Tok have expressed concern for Laerke, others have taken to posting videos of the zoo’s polar bears swimming, playing and seemingly enjoying their enclosure to convey that the ...

Spring is mating season for polar bears, and, according to the zoo, breeding takes up a lot of energy and causes them to have more interest in pursuing females rather than hunting or feeding ...

When we see "polar bears on melting glaciers, we have an empathetic response," said Susan Clayton, a conservation psychologist at the College of Wooster. “It’s one way to take this big ...